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Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 1728

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The M66 Motorway (Middleton to the Lancashire/Yorkshire Motorway (M62) Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1988

Made

20th September 1988

Coming into force

27th October 1988

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Scheme in exercise of powers conferred by sections 16 and 17 of the Highways Act 1980(1), and now vested in him,(2), and of all other enabling powers:

1. The Secretary of State is authorised to provide for the use of traffic of Classes I and II of the classes of traffic set out in Schedule 4 to the Highways Act 1980 -

(a)a special road along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Scheme (this special road being in this scheme referred to as "the motorway"), and

(b)special roads along the routes described in Schedule 2 to this Scheme for the purposes of connecting the motorway with other highways at the places stated in that schedule (these special roads being in this scheme referred to as "the connecting roads").

2. The centre lines of the special roads are indicated by heavy black lines on the deposited plan.

3. In this Scheme:-

all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;

(i)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered HA 16/1 CNW 210 marked "The M66 Motorway (Middleton to the Lancashire/Yorkshire Motorway (M62) Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1988", signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(ii)"the special roads" means the motorway and the connecting roads

4. This Scheme shall come into force on 27th October 1988, and may be cited as the M66 Motorway (Middleton to the Lancashire/Yorkshire Motorway (M62) Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1988.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

F. Kendall

Regional Director North West Region

Department of Transport

20th September 1988

SCHEDULE 1ROUTE OF THE MOTORWAY

A route, with diverging carriageways about 1.6 kilometres in length in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury starting at Simister at a point on the north side of Simister Lane approximately 115 metres south-west of the junction of Simister Lane and Droughts Lane and proceeding in a generally south-easterly direction and ending at Rhodes at a roundabout junction with Middleton Road (A576) approximately 325 metres south west of the junction of Middleton Road (A576) and Heywood Old Road (A6045).

SCHEDULE 2ROUTES OF THE CONNECTING ROADS

Junction with the M62 Motorway at Simister

Two routes to connect the northbound and southbound carriageways of the motorway with a roundabout constructed as part of the M62 Motorway at Simister (The special roads along these routes being respectively given the reference numbers 1 and 2 on the deposited plan).


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